Cloud Syncing

[UnusualOddity]

Any chance of adding game save syncing on ios, maybe via icloud? Would love to be able to switch between my ipad and iphone without playing separate games on each...

[fallen]

Apr 20, 2017 13:59:20 GMT -5 UnusualOddity said:

Any chance of adding game save syncing on ios, maybe via icloud? Would love to be able to switch between my ipad and iphone without playing separate games on each...

Sorry, at this time cloud syncing is not a feature we support. We are hopeful in the future to add support for our own cloud sync, which would allow between platforms and devices.

For now, we've just enabled iTunes filesharing which would allows backup/transfer for iOS devices.

[Cory Trese]

We just added the ability for you to export your library via iTunes. If you're already synchronizing your Library between devices, your Templar Battleforce games are included.

If you wish to do it directly, iTunes File Sharing is a feature we just added. I've been using it to move games between my devices and even into Steam.

[drspendlove]

I actually hate cloud syncing in some cases. Sometimes I've built up two totally different sets of save games on my laptop and on my desktop. The desktop games are usually at a harder difficulty for when I have dedicated time to gaming. The laptop will have easy difficulty saves for silly experiments when I'm killing a few minutes in bed or am distracted. Steam sync threatens those saves because it cannot comprehend merging the two sets. (Seriously, I'll perform the octo-merge myself, just gimme a command line Steam...)

[fallen]

Jul 29, 2017 15:44:41 GMT -5 drspendlove said:

I actually hate cloud syncing in some cases. Sometimes I've built up two totally different sets of save games on my laptop and on my desktop. The desktop games are usually at a harder difficulty for when I have dedicated time to gaming. The laptop will have easy difficulty saves for silly experiments when I'm killing a few minutes in bed or am distracted. Steam sync threatens those saves because it cannot comprehend merging the two sets. (Seriously, I'll perform the octo-merge myself, just gimme a command line Steam...)

This is exactly why we have not implemented Steam, Google, or Apple cloud saves and are only looking at our own custom implementation that would have great respect for saved games, merging, etc.

[migair]

Hi! Is there any news about this feature? I got Android version of the game on my phone and I'm planning to buy Apple version for my iPad, but will be needing to get those saves there.

Thanks a lot!

[fallen]

migair - sorry, at this time there is no further progress on this feature. We can only offer this walkthrough we wrote about how to do it with a third party app:
www.tresebrothers.com/transfer-saved-games-between-devices/

[migair]

Thanks, but there is no Helium for iOS, a backup made in Android that way cannot be restored

[fallen]

Nov 25, 2017 18:53:39 GMT -5 migair said:

Thanks, but there is no Helium for iOS, a backup made in Android that way cannot be restored

Open up iTunes with the device plugged in and copy the game saves to your desktop.

iOS+iTunes is EASIER than Android+Helium.

[migair]

Ah, thanks, I didn't know that part! It was indeed much more difficult to backup from Android.

I now have on my PC, an *.ab file(namely com.tresebrothers.games.battlefront.ab) obtained using Helium as linked above, together with other files

¿Is this *.ab format directly usable by iOS or it needs to be previously converted or unpacked somehow? Thanks a lot

[bookworm21]

migair the files you need for ios are core.db game_1.db etc

[@migair]

Thanks bookworm21.

OK, so I've used Helium Backup Extractor JAR file to extract my android .db file. Then I got core.db and game_2.db and copied them to my iPad by way of iTunes file sharing, previously erasing those previously existing.

Then, when I run Templar Battleforce it crashes to desktop after the Trese Brothers Games splash screen.

Therefore it doesn't seem to be correctly reading those files for some reason

¿Any suggestion? Thanks a lot

[Cory Trese]

You could send me the saved game files, but more than likely they are corrupted somehow from the Helium extract.

I've done this many times, and it works, but sometimes certain devices make bad Helium backups. Rooted Android devices are 100% reliable.